Dec 12, 2012 (Fast Lane via COMTEX) -- Below are the three companies in the Apparel, Accessories & Luxury industry with the lowest price to earnings to growth (PEG) ratios. PEG is valuable in assessing the tradeoff between the price of a stock and expected growth. Generally, the lower the PEG, the better.
G-III Apparel (NASDAQ:GIII) is lowest with a PEG ratio of 0.76. G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. manufactures and distributes leather and non-leather outerwear apparel. The Company has fashion licenses with Kenneth Cole, Jones Apparel Group, Cole Haan, and Timberland. GIII own labels GIII, Siena Studio, Colebrook & Co, JLC, JL Colebrook, and ColeB. G-III also has licensing agreements with the NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB. G-III Apparel has traded 68,000 shares thus far today, vs. average volume of 147,000 shares per day. The stock has underperformed the Dow (-3.1% to the Dow's 0.1%) and underperformed the S&P 500 (-3.1% to the S&P's 0.2%) during today's trading.
Vera Bradley (NYSE:VRA) is next with a PEG ratio of 0.93. Finishing up the bottom three is Fossil (NASDAQ:FOSL), with a PEG ratio of 0.97. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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